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MTF measuring method of TDI camera electronics

  • Kim, Young-Sun;Kong, Jong-Pil;Heo, Haeng-Pal;Park, Jong-Euk;Yong, Sang-Soon;Choi, Hae-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.540-543
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    • 2007
  • The modulation transfer function (MTF) in a camera system is a measurement of how well the system will faithfully reproduce the original scene. The electro-optical camera system consists of optics, an array of pixels, and an electronics which is related to the image signal chain. The system MTF can be cascaded with each element's MTF in the frequency domain. That is to say, the electronics MTF including the detector MTF can be recalculated easily by the acquired system MTF if the well-known test optics is used in the measuring process. A Time-Delay and Integration (TDI) detector can make a signal increase by taking multiple exposures of the same object and adding them. It can be considered the various methods to measure the MTF of the TDI camera system. This paper shows the actual and practical MTF measuring methods for the detector and electronics in the TDI camera. The several methods are described according to the scan direction as well as the TDI stages such as the single line mode and the multiple-lines mode. The measuring is performed in the in the static condition or dynamic condition to get the point spread function (PSF) or the line spread function (LSF). Especially, the dynamic test bench is used to simulate on track velocity to synchronize with TDI read out frequency for the dynamic movement.

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A Study on Optical Coherence Tomography System by Using the Optical Fiber (광섬유를 이용한 광영상단층촬영기 제작에 관한 연구)

  • 양승국;박양하;장원석;오상기;이석정;김기문
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, we have studied the OCT(Optical Coherence Tomography) system which has been advantages of high resolution, 2-D cross-sectional images, low cost and small size configuration. The characteristics of light source determine the resolution and coherence length. The light source has a commercial SLD with a central wavelength of 1,285 ill11, 35.3 nm(FWHM). The optical delay line is necessary to make equal with the optical path length to scattered light or reflected light from a sample. In order to make equal the optical path length, the stage that is attached to a reference mirror is controled by a step motor. And the interferometer is configured with the Michelson interferometer by using a single mode fiber, and the scanner can be focused on the sample by using a reference ann Also, the 2-dimension cross-sectional images were measured with scanning the transverse direction of the sample by using a step motor. After detecting the internal signal of lateral direction, a scanner is moved to obtain the cross-sectional image of 2-dimension by using step motor. A photodiode, which has high detection sensitivity and excellent noise characteristics has been used. The detected small signal has a noise and interference. After filtering and amplifying the signal, the output signal is demodulated the waveform And then, a cross-sectional image is seen through converting this signal into a digitalized signal by using an AID converter. The resolution of the sample is about 30${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, which corresponds to the theoretical resolution. Also, the cross-sectional images of onion cells were measured in real time scheme.

SNU AGN Monitoring Project (SAMP) using reverberation mapping of luminous AGNs

  • Jeon, Yiseul;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.70.4-71
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    • 2016
  • The links between super-massive black hole masses and their host galaxy properties are observed, indicating that black hole growth and host galaxy evolution are closely related. Reverberation mapping, which uses the time delay from the central black hole to broad line regions, is one of the best methods to estimate masses of black holes of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). However, only masses of about 50 black holes have been determined in reverberation mapping studies so far, and most of them are limited to optical luminosities below 10^45 erg/s due to the challenges of long-term time domain observations in both photometry and spectroscopy. In this project, we expand reverberation mapping samples to higher luminosities of > 10^44.5 erg/s at 0.1 < z < 0.35, that have expected time lags of 40 - 250 light days. Photometric (using LOAO 1-m and MDM 1.3-m) and spectroscopic (using MDM 2.4-m and Lick 3-m) monitoring campaigns are being conducted for a 3 year duration and 20 day cadence. Precedent photometric observations in 2015B show some targets with variability and follow-up spectroscopic observations are on-going. In this presentation, we introduce our project, present reverberation mapping simulation results, and preliminary results on photometry. These reverberation mapping masses of relatively high luminous AGNs will provide a strong constraint on black hole mass calibration, e.g., the single-epoch mass estimation.

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Time variations of H2O and SiO masers in the proto-Planetary Nebula OH 231.8+4.2

  • Jaeheon Kim;S-H Cho;V Bujarrabal;H Imai;R Dodson;D-H Yoon;B Zhang
    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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    • v.488 no.1
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    • pp.1427-1445
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    • 2019
  • H2O (22 GHz) and SiO masers (43, 86, 129 GHz) in the bipolar proto-planetary nebula OH 231.8+4.2 were simultaneously monitored using the 21-m antennas of the Korean VLBI Network in 2009-2015. Both species exhibit periodic flux variations that correlate with the central star's optical light curve, with a phase delay of up to 0.15 for the maser flux variations with respect to the optical light curve. The flux densities of SiO v = 2, J = 1→0 and H2O masers decrease with time, implying that they may disappear in 10-20 yr. However, there seems to have been a transient episode of intense H2O maser emission around 2010. We also found a systematic behaviour in the velocity profiles of these masers. The velocities of the H2O maser components appear to be remarkably constant, suggesting ballistic motion for the bipolar outflow in this nebula. On the other hand, those of the SiO maser clumps show a systematic radial acceleration of the individual clumps, converging to the outflow velocity of the H2O maser clumps. Measuring the full widths at zero power of the detected lines, we estimated the expansion velocities of the compact bipolar outflow traced by H2O maser and SiO thermal line, and discussed the possibility of the expanding SiO maser region in the equatorial direction. All of our analyses support that the central host star of OH231.8 is close to the tip of the AGB phase and that the mass-loss rate recently started to decrease because of incipient post-AGB evolution.

Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm for Improving QoS in EPON with Sleep Mode (수면 모드를 이용하는 EPON에서 QoS 향상을 위한 대역 할당 알고리즘)

  • Yang, Won-Hyuk;Jeong, Jin-Hyo;Kim, Young-Chon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37 no.7B
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    • pp.489-498
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    • 2012
  • Recently, as the interest in Green IT is exponentially increased, EPON with sleep mode has been studied to reduce energy consumption in access network. In oder to guarantee cyclic sleep for ONU(Optical Network Units), EPON with sleep mode transmits upstream and downstream data at the same time. However, since conventional algorithms for sleep mode in EPON allocate bandwidth to each ONU according to upstream bandwidth request, the QoS of downstream data is not guaranteed when the offered load of OLT is larger than that of ONU. In this paper, we propose a bandwidth allocation algorithm for improving QoS in EPON with sleep mode. The proposed algorithm compares its size with an upstream request of ONU when a downstream buffer in the OLT exceeds a QoS threshold. And then it allocates selectively a bandwidth that satisfies the required QoS between the bandwidth request of ONU and OLT. Therefore, the proposed algorithm can save energy through cyclic sleep of ONUs while guaranteeing the QoS of up/downstream data. In order to evaluate the proposed algorithm, we perform simulation in terms of total sleep time of ONUs, queueing delay between OLT and ONU, and the utilization of allocated bandwidth at OLT through OPNET.

Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Zero Reduction Codes for Effective Dimming Control in Optical Wireless Communications using LED Lightings (LED조명을 이용한 광 무선 융합 통신 시스템에서 디밍제어를 위한 zero Reduction Code 성능 분석 및 고찰)

  • Kim, Kyun-Tak;Lee, Kyu-Jin
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we aim to investigate the generalization of ZRC codes by performing performance analysis on various coding rates and channel conditions of Zero Reduction Code (ZRC) for dimming control in VLC system. Simulation results show that the ZRC codes with relatively high coding rate achieve the enhanced BER performance as the RMS (Root Mean Square) delay spread value increases in the NLOS channelse. Therefore, it is expected that the designing of the dimming control technology using ZRC in the future visible light communication system will help to determine the coding rate according to the channel state through the analysis result in this study.

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AGN MONITORING PROJECT. I. STRATEGY AND SAMPLE

  • Woo, Jong-Hak;Son, Donghoon;Gallo, Elena;Hodges-Kluck, Edmund;Jeon, Yiseul;Shin, Jaejin;Bae, Hyun-Jin;Cho, Hojin;Cho, Wanjin;Kang, Daeun;Kang, Wonseok;Karouzos, Marios;Kim, Minjin;Kim, Taewoo;Le, Huynh Anh N.;Park, Daeseong;Park, Songyoun;Rakshit, Suvendu;Sung, Hyun-il
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.109-119
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    • 2019
  • While the reverberation mapping technique is the best available method for measuring black hole mass in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) beyond the local volume, this method has been mainly applied to relatively low-to-moderate luminosity AGNs at low redshift. We present the strategy of the Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project, which aims at measuring the time delay of the $H{\beta}$ line emission with respect to AGN continuum, using a sample of relatively high luminosity AGNs out to redshift z ~ 0.5. We present simulated cross correlation results based on a number of mock light curves, in order to optimally determine monitoring duration and cadence. We describe our campaign strategy based on the simulation results and the availability of observing facilities. We present the sample selection, and the properties of the selected 100 AGNs, including the optical luminosity, expected time lag, black hole mass, and Eddington ratio.

Performance Evaluation of the Probability based MAC Protocol for Fair Transmission in WDM Metro Ring (WDM 메트로 링에서 공정한 전송을 위한 확률기반 MAC 프로토콜에 대한 성능 평가)

  • So Won-Ho;Kim Young-Chon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.4B
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    • pp.323-332
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we consider a WDM based metro ring connecting broadband access networks by using FT-TR (Fixed Transmitter-Tunable Receiver) type access nodes and a new MAC protocol for fair transmission is proposed. The basic channel access scheme is CSMA/CA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) and the transferred optical slot is changed to be empty slot by SS(Source-Stripping) which drops a packet from ring-rotated slot. This empty slot can be either used to send head-of-line packet in buffer or transmitted to next access node. In former cases, there is the improvement of network throughput, but latter case leads unfairness problem of transmission. Thus the proposed MAC protocol exploits the advantages form tow cases. It gives downstream access nodes chance to use empty slots and limits the unconditional usage of empty slots at upstream access nodes with probability as called p-Persistent MAC protocol. We use a numerical analysis to evaluate bandwidth efficiency and maximum node throughput and compares simulation results in terms of node throughput, fairness factor, transfer delay depending on probability. Under two different FT-TR type architectures for metro ring network the proposed MAC protocol is evaluated and compared.